Apaches roll out to 26-3 lead by halftime of home win

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

AUBURNDALE — The Auburndale girls basketball team wasted no time in dismantling Northland Lutheran, using a 26-3 first-half run on its way to a 56-26 victory in a Marawood Conference South Division game Friday night at Auburndale High School.

Tyalor Gotz put up 21 points to lead Auburndale, which had eight different players score in the win.

Auburndale (7-2, 4-2 Marawood South) led 26-3 at halftime as it rolled to the 30-point victory.

Northland Lutheran (3-9, 0-5 Marawood South) made just five baskets in the game, with 13 of its points coming at the free throw line.

The Apaches will return to action Tuesday for a nonconference game at Nekoosa.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Apaches 56, Wildcats 26

Northland Lutheran 3 23 – 26

Auburndale 26 30 – 56

NORTHLAND LUTHERAN (26): Beka Edelburg 0-5 6-8 6, Hannah Kloehn 2-8 6-9 10, Mesa Haag 0-0 0-2 0, Sidney Moore 1-3 0-0 3, Hallie Engelbrecht 2-8 0-1 6, Erin Gast 0-2 0-4 0, Melissa Neumann 0-3 1-2 1. FG: 5-29. FT: 13-26. 3-pointers: 3-14 (Engelbrecht 2-5, Moore 1-1, Neumann 0-1, Kloehn 0-3, Edelburg 0-4). Rebounds: 19 (Kloehn 6). Record: 3-9, 0-5 Marawood South.

AUBURNDALE (56): Mackenzie Raab 0-0 0-0 0, Brooke Anderson 1-5 0-0 2, Rachel Gronemeyer 0-3 0-0 0, Cassie Mitchell 0-1 0-0 0, Ashley Peplinski 1-5 0-0 3, Allison Linzmeier 4-6 0-0 8, Rachael Bolder 3-4 0-0 6, Slyviann Momont 3-7 1-2 7, Paiton Richardson 1-9 4-4 6, Taylor Gotz 8-15 5-5 21, Hannah Bolder 1-3 1-5 3. FG: 22-58. FT: 11-16. 3-pointers: 1-4 (Peplinski 1-2, Gronemeyer 0-1, Anderson 0-1). Rebounds: 29 (R. Bolder 6, Richardson 6, Gotz 6). Record: 7-2, 4-2 Marawood South.